3-11, Brunswick Terrace

A terrace of nine houses, numbers 3 to 11, forming part of a larger group of twenty, was built between 1823 and 1827 by Morris Clarke and George Cox. The construction varies; number 3 is of brick, while numbers 4 to 11 have rendered fronts, all with slate roofs. The houses are arranged with double-depth plans, featuring a dogleg staircase at the rear and small service wings that follow the line of the Esplanade opposite Waterloo Place.

Architecturally, the houses are three storeys and have attics. They each have one or two windows, and a variety of dormers – a single Victorian gabled dormer to numbers 3, 5, and 10, a canted dormer to number 7, and early flat-roofed sashes or casements on the others, two of which have 9-pane sashes to the second floor. The original fronts feature three-storey flat bows with 8:12:8-pane sashes and dentil cornices. Number 10 has a canted Victorian sash window extending the full height of the building and its front detail was altered in the late 19th century. Number 5 incorporates a two-storey canted oriel above a full-width shop front with pilasters, while numbers 6 and 11 have two 12-pane sashes at the second floor, above the bow. Numbers 8 to 11 have a single 12-pane sash at the second floor level in addition to the bow.

Arched doorways on the left side have fanlights above fluted transoms; number 3's fanlight is decorated with Y-tracery bars, and number 10 has a Victorian gabled porch supported by decorative woodwork. Other details include a slight plinth, a plat band above ground and first floors, and a thin moulded cornice to the blocking course and parapet. Each property has a prominent brick stack with six clay pots on the party wall. The rear elevations are brick and feature paired brick dentils to the cornice, 12-pane sashes, and narrow, single-storey gabled wings extending to the road. Numbers 3 and 4 have a large 20th-century dormer and a full-height rear range. Numbers 5 and 6 have three-storey gabled rear ranges. The interiors were not inspected.

The terrace represents the final of the formal terraces, located at the northern end of the Esplanade, which begins with the Round House. The terrace has been altered only slightly since its completion.